Welcome to NYC

Northwest Youth Corps is a youth development and outdoor education organization that has provided opportunities to more than 14,000 young people since its establishment in 1984.
                               
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Spring Programs

Spring Conservation Corps:
YouthCorps programs combine outdoor adventure and education with paid residential environmental work experience for ages 16 to 19.


 

Summer Programs

Summer Conservation Corps is YouthCorps' summer program. Locations in WA, OR, and ID for teens ages 14 to 19.


OutDoor Oregon are local kids working on local projects throughout Oregon for teens ages 16 to 19.



Fall Programs

OutDoor School ODS is an alternative high school for the Eugene/Springfield area that combines classroom education with field studies and outdoor resource management work experience.


Fall Conservation Corps is YouthCorps' Fall program. Locations in WA, OR, and ID.

Current Highlights

 Alumni Event Success!

We thank all of our alumni and friends who made it to the alumni events in Eugene and Portland this spring! With your help they were an amazing success!

Check out more pictures from these events on our facebook page!

 

 

Hamilton Construction Celebrates Safety Milestone With Community Donation

Click here to listen to the audio report from KLCC!

 

Thank you to all who have made significant gifts to help us upgrade our facility and create a new Center For Conservation Education in the last two years:

  • M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust
  • Meyer Memorial Trust
  • Collins Foundation
  • Emil & Lois Bramert Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation  
  • Mike and Linna Straub Family Trust
  • Staton Companies
  • Steve Stewart
  • Chambers Family Foundation
  • Doyle and Donna Shepherd Foundation
  • Evergreen Hill Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation 
  • Jeff and Kelly Straub
  • Juan Young Trust
  • Woodard Family Foundation
  • Wyss Foundation
  • R.W. Family Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation  
  • William and Pamela Weill Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation  
  • Union Pacific Foundation
  • Mid-Valley Gravel Company
  • Campbell Wallace Foundation
  • Christina and Timothy Bennett
  • Douglas S. Mitchell and Mary Wagner
  • Adobe Systems Inc. Matching Gift Program
  • Allan and Karen Sieradski
  • Art Pope
  • Doug and Darlene Daggett
  • F. Gregory and Susan Fitz-Gerald
  • Farwest Steel
  • Harry A. Merlo Foundation
  • Hope Hughes Pressman
  • Jane Kammerzelt 
  • Kole and Dorothy Winters
  • Koons Family Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation  
  • Patricia Straub
  • Rosaria P. Haugland Foundation
  • Samuel T. & Mary K. Naito Foundation
  • Siuslaw Financial Group
  • Teresa and Damon Haggerty
  • WHA Insurance Agency, Inc.
  • Wildish Companies
  • Willamette Valley Company
  • Carmen Ludy Family Foundation
  • Larson Family Foundation


Also, thank you to who have made significant gifts to NYC’s Tuition Assistance Endowment, to ensure that we can continue to produce leaders and successful citizens, which allowing them to experience the magic of NYC:

  • Mike and Linna Straub Family Trust
  • The Campbell Group, LLC
  • Emily Wilson and Michael Rich
  • Carole Anderson
  • Duane Thompson and Susan Issacs
  • Jane Straub
  • Patricia Straub


Finally, we thank all who contribute to our program operations and outreach activities:

  • Staples Foundation for Learning
  • Wheeler Foundation
  • Jeff and Carrie Parker
  • King Estate Winery
  • Hamilton Construction Company